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environmental injustice? injustice Please push your ENTER key to advance thru this slide show! Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 1

What is environmental justice? . … does that affect my loved ones? These are excellent questions! Let’s deal with them one at a time. Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 2

What is environmental injustice? . Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – it includes equitable access to a healthy environment such as healthy air, clean water and protected land. Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 3

What is environmental justice? . We are all entitled to cleaner air, healthier water and better protected land – for us, our children and future generations. Environmental justice means each person, regardless of situation or circumstance, has equal opportunity for a safe and clean environment, free from burden or bias Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 4

What is environmental injustice? . KCP&L and Hyde Park understand not bringing harm to neighborhood health & values. They halted siting a substation in Hyde Park. Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 5

What is environmental injustice? . Environmental justice it means all people, have equitable access to a healthy environment, free of excessive stress that harms health and We are all entitled to cleaner air, well-being. healthier water and better protected land – for us, our children and future generations. Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 6

What is environmental injustice? . Studies have proven that minority and low-income communities are far more likely to have inequitable access to a healthy environment. Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 7

What is environmental injustice? . The phrase environmental injustice was developed to recognize those minority and lowincome communities that are bearing a heavy load of pollution and industry. Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 8

What is environmental injustice? . As we have shown in other presentations (both the Westside is carrying a disproportionate environmental burden in Kansas City. Stressor and the Toxics & Children's Health slide shows), Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 9

What is environmental injustice? . This is a matter of environmental injustice. We cannot add yet another burden with the many environmental and other stresses brought with another electrical substation. Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 10

For our Say NO! to another children: Westside substation . Substations threaten our health & safety. Substations blight our neighborhood with ugliness. Substations hurt our property values. Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 11

For our children: . Say NO! to another Westside substation Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 12

Who needs to hear YOU say “NO Substation on the Westside” KCMO Plans & Zoning Cmte Councilman Terry Riley Chairperson (816) 513 -1629 gets email at schylon_clayton@kcmo. org Councilwoman Cindy Circo Co-Chair (816) 513 -1633 gets email at gina_boucher@kcmo. org Councilwoman Beth Gottstein (816) 513 -1616 gets email at jim_giles@kcmo. org Councilman Ed Ford (816) 513 -1601 gets email at lisa_minardi@kcmo. org Councilman John Sharp (816) 513 -1615 gets email at araceli_gallegos@kcmo. org Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 13

Who needs to hear YOU say “NO Substation on the Westside” Michael Chesser Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Great Plains Energy & KCP&L P. O. Box 418679 Kansas City, MO 64141 -9679 Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 14

Who needs to hear YOU say “NO Substation on the Westside” Michael Merriman Chairman & President Financial Holding Company 300 W 11 th St Kansas City, MO 64105 -1618 Thomas A. Mc. Donnell Chief Executive Officer & President DST Systems Vince Dasta President DST Realty 333 W. 11 th Street Kansas City, MO 64106 Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 15

For our children: . Say NO! to another Westside substation Westside Community Action Network We’re Better Together Neighbors + Businesses + Social Services + Faith Groups + Government Together 16